Morecambe 3-1 AFC Wimbledon
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Kevin Ellison netted a hat-trick to help Morecambe to a comfortable victory against AFC Wimbledon.
Ellison scored after seven minutes after a turn of pace and extended the lead after the half hour from Stewart Drummond's through-ball.
The Dons reduced the deficit when Jack Midson won and converted a penalty.
However Shrimps striker Ellison added his third with a fine strike, before Dons defender Paul McCallum was sent off for a late foul on Nick Fenton.
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AFC Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley told BBC London 94.9:
"We worked really hard on how we were going to approach this game.
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"I'm certainly learning the hard way what this job brings.
"We will get to work next week. We haven't had many free weeks where we can do a lot of work on the training pitch.
"We're in a dogfight and we've got to make sure that we start picking up some results."